The Moons of Jupiter
 

The Moons of Jupiter (Vintage Contemporaries)

by Alice Munro

In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned. But the true events in The Moons Of Jupiter are the ways in which the characters are transformed over time, coming to view their past selves with an anger, regret,... (read more)

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Munro's short stories are why we have lazy Sundays. Her short works are neither exhausting nor demanding, and you warm up to them like you would to a delicious cup of hot tea, relishing them sip by sip, and slowly. This, I feel, is the best way to enjoy this book-unhurried. "The Moons of Jupiter" contains love stories about love in varying shapes and sizes, hues and shades in youth and old age- there's one you are bound to identify with. There's no hurry to finish this book from cover to...

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